GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| acetic | vinegary |
| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |